Curling Pick'em

Jill Brothers (Halifax, NS) wins the Dave Jones Stanhope Simpson Insurance Mayflower Cashspiel, defeating Theresa Breen (Halifax, NS) 7-4 at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax, Canada. Brothers with Erin Carmody, with Sarah Murphy and Jennifer Brine on the front end take home the $3,000CDN first place cheque along with 21.757 world ranking points, while Breen receives $2,000CDN and 17.095 world ranking points for their second place finish.

Starting with hammer, Brothers scored 2 in the first end, added a steal of 2 in the second end, then added another steal in the third end to open a 5-0 lead. Breen scored 2 in the fourth end, forced Brothers to a single in the fifth end and then scored 2 in the sixth end. In the seventh end, Brothers scored a single and ran Breen out of rocks in the 8th end for the 7-4 win.

Brothers went 3-1 in the 15 team round-robin pools qualifying round. In their opening game, Brothers lost 7-3 to Colleen Pinkney (Truro, NS), then responded with a 5-2 win over Myketyn-Driscoll. Brothers won against Sarah Mallais (Saint John, NB) 4-3, and Stacie Curtis (St. John's, NL) 7-4 in their final qualifying round match to qualify for the playoff round.